Forgiven by Karen Kingsbury

Author:Karen Kingsbury
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, General
ISBN: 9780842387446
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2005-09-08T22:00:00+00:00

Now they were putting the final touches on the blocking for the street scene. Kelsy was supposed to come in stage right with her newfound dog and ask the group of shabby street people whether anyone was looking for a dog, and for that matter, whether any of them had given away a little redheaded girl nine years earlier.

Katy had debated a long time about whether to use a real dog. That had always been the plan, but with the tragedy of the accident and the lost rehearsal time, it seemed like more than they could pull off. Still, the rest of her creative team had wanted a real dog, and a brief audition was held at the end of the first rehearsal. They picked a dog named Mister, a golden retriever with a slightly earnest expression. In auditions, the dog was able to come and sit on command. With the other dogs generally wandering around the room and sniffing each other, Mister was the obvious dog for the part.

The next hurdle was whether to call him Mister or Sandy, the way the script called for. Katy's creative team agreed that somehow the dog would have to learn to come to the name Sandy.

261 KAREN KINGSBURY

Everyone who knew the story of Annie knew that her dog's name was Sandy. Period.

They'd kept the dog out of rehearsals until today, and so far they'd run into one problem after another. The first and most obvious was the fact that Kelsy Bouchey, for all the talent she brought to the role, was deathly afraid of dogs. It had taken half an hour for Nancy Helmes to get the child to sit still long enough for the dog to come up and lick her hand.

Now Kelsy was willing to let the dog walk by her side, but she was still jumpy around him. The cast members were all in their places, and Kelsy stood off in the wings, with Mister on a leash at her side.

"Okay, let's take it from the end of the song."

One of the older girls in the middle pretended to dole out soup to the cold, shabbily dressed street people lined up on either side of her. Katy surveyed the line of faces. "You don't look cold, guys. Come on."

Immediately, the street people began blowing on their fingers and rubbing their hands together.

"That's it, and look interested in each other. You're in a soup line, but you'd be making conversation."

The kids started talking with each other.

"No, wait!" Katy stood and waved her hand. "Silent conversation, pretend conversation."

A few of the older kids hid a round of laughter, but the noise dropped. The girl in the middle held an imaginary ladle and

looked down the line. "Another day, another bowl of soup." Katy looked at Kelsy. "That's your cue, honey." "I know, but the dog's smelling my shoe."

"That's okay." Katy took a few steps toward her. "Dogs do that. Just pull on his leash and bring him onstage."

She tugged at the leash and walked to the middle of the group of street people.

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